Base-ball-game apparatus.



A. A. BRUDEH.

BASE BALL GAME APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED APR.20, 1918.

1,287,208. Patented Dec. 10, 1918.

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ALBERT a; BRUDER, or Damon, ngrrcnrean.

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To whom it mag concern:

- Be it known-that I, Annnn'r AIBR pDER, a

citizen of the United States of America, re-

;siding at Detroit, in "the county of "Wayne and ate of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Base Ball-Game Apparatus, of which the followingis a specification, reference being had' therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a baseball game, and my invention aims to rovide a game apparatus which will require considerable skill to successfully lay, and at the same time afford considera 1e amusement to juveniles or persons interested in baseball.

The game apparatus includes a novel board and novel means for projecting a ball in differentfiirect-ions over the board. According Figure l is a'plan' 6f the game apparatus Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view of the same, partly broken away, and

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a modified form of ball projecting device. The game apparatus comprises a comparatively flat hollow box 1 having the top there- 'of constituting a base ball game onwhich is printed or otherwise marked the Ollillit le of a baseball diamond or square 3.

The top of the 'box or field 2 has a' plurality of depressions or pockets, some or all of which may have the marginal edges thereof provided with upstanding'ribs 4, 'so that a ,ball cannot accidentally roll into the pockets.

Those pockets designated 5, 6 and 7 represent the first, second and third bases of the diamond and adjacent the pockets are semi-circular pockets 8, 9 and 10 representing-the position of basemen at the pockets 5,

'6 and 7 The top of tlie box or field 2 has a pitchers pocket 11, outfields pockets 12," bunt ball pockets 13, foul pockets 14," and a'catchers pocket 15.

At the batters position on the field 2 is a socket 16 to receive the reduced end 17 of a Specification Letters Patent; Deg, 10 1918 Application filed April 20, 1918. Serial No. 229,667.

swiveled upright18. Bivoted in the upper end of the upright 18 and friction'ally.heldthereby isa tiltable ball supporting member.

19 having a groove 20 to receive a. ball- 21. 60.

Adjacent the forward endof the. groove 20 is a ledge or bum-per 22, which when eu.- countered by the ball 21, causes said bflllrtQ gs'sfilme an upright flight, similarto a, fly. a i V 4* The upright 18 is providedwith a bracket 23 and pivotally connected to said. bracket is a p n Pr ss d amme'r 4 h t r es as a-bat": The upper end, of;,tl ghammer 24;

may be pulled rear wardly ancl;when re-.' 70,

leased is adapted to impinge against: the

ball 21 and the'rear jend otithe balltsupport 19, causing the ball'21 t2): beljplQjbtgdiolltt" wardly ofyer the fieldor top 'ofJthebox lLi The uprightilS may be turned in its socket? 75.

to point the ballsupport 19 in a desired *difia rection, and said ball; support may.be,'ad;. justed and placed at a desiredlinolimitio'i v relative'to the field; In this mgnneritheballz batting device may be aimedwith a view 'of 1'80- having the ball 21 ,lan'd at a desired pl acejon the field 2.

In F g. 3 ofithe drawing, there. is ill'usa' trated a modifiediferm' ofbattingdevice,

comprising a pocket 24 having, a rock shaft 85;

2'5 transversely of thetopv of said pocket-1 On the rpck shaft-25 is a scoop 26;:haying, a handle 27, said handle beingconneqted' by a coiled retractilespring 98 to theQfieIdI-or. top of the box, A ball2-9/is adapted t0.be 9t placed in,th'e ocket-Qi and'bylshiftingnthe scoop 26 to p ac'e the sprir'lg-,.u'nde1; .tension,., and then-by releasing"the handIeQQZ; the

- 'scoop 26 will projectthe ballQQ-fiomthe.

pccket '2; somewhat as a fly ball; 9a 1 As stated in the -be'ginr 1i n'g, the, game may i he played by two or more pe-rsonsfldividedjqinto teams, and 1f anfuneven number 10f; persons partic pate in the game then therel.

will be individualsc'ores The game is to 10.0

be played in inn-ings and scoredm innings,

and if only twoplayersparticipatejtheii1 each is considered three timesouttoan imw ning. If three or five players.particip, a'te,

eachplayer must play threeoutdo 011143 1035 .v

n g; P ysrsg l am astre 'six times out to one inn ng, andeif. mine pl ye i l atein ,t 'axh's'ii r qu re-ma nine players count to one inning To-stalft thegame with he ball striking. 11 0.;

device, as shown-in F-i 1 and 2, the device is first swung or aime the direction the 1 player desires the ball totravel, and theii the hammer 24 retracted so that when it is released it will impinge against the ball A countersunk relative to the outfield andthe entire game apparatus may be finished to' 21 and discharge said ball over the field.

5 Various rules may be made as to the a home run. If a ball goes into either ofplaying of the ame, and as an instance of such rules, the ollowing may be used.

The object of each player 'is to place a ball in the pockets 5, 6 and 7 and thus make Y the pockets 23 9, '10, 1'1 and 12, the player may be considered out, .or those balls which enter the pockets 8, 9 and 10 may be considered strikes, it being necessary for the player to place the ball in the first .basepocket before starting for the second base pocket 6. I

Balls that. enter the pockets 13 may be considered bunt-s and count as strikes.

Everyball that drops outside of a pocket may be called a ball and after every two balls the player may have an extra chance.

If a ball drops into a pocket and bounces out of it into another pocket, it willscore for what it may be when the ball stops.

Any ball that enters the pockets 14 may beccnsidered a foul ball, and any ball entering the pocket- 15 may be considered as being caught by the catcher and scoring as a foul out.

'itlrthe scooping device shown in Fig. 3, heigame 1s rendered more dliiicult as it 18 ct always possible to determine the direc-" tion of the ball 29, and as before stated the players may make suclrrnles as to provide an interesting game. T he'infield of the game board may be portray players and baseball paraphernalia- \Vhat I clainr is 1. In a baseball game apparatus, the combination with a pox having the top thereof constituting a baseball field and the top of said box having pockets of various depths therein, of a ball projecting, device carried by the top of said box, and comprising an upright, a ball supporting member on said upright provided with a bumper, and means adapted for striking a ball on'said supporting member.

2. A ball striking device for a game apparatus, eomprising a swiveled ;-upright, a tiltable ball-supporting member on said upright provided adjacent its outer end with a bumper, and a spring pressed hammer carried by said upright and adapted to be retracted and released to impinge against a. ball on said supporting member and. cause said ball to strike the bumper of said supporting member and bound therefrom.

In testimony whereof atlix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT A. BRUDER.

- \Vitnesses; I i I Kant. H. BUTLER, ANNA M. Donn. 

